'true detective' season 4 in the works with barry jenkins producing

TV & Movies _Tigers Are Not Afraid_ filmmaker Issa López to write and direct revived anthology, tentatively titled _True Detective: Night Country_ A fourth season of _True Detective_ is

in the works at HBO, with Barry Jenkins set to produce the latest installment of the beloved, Emmy-nominated anthology series. According to _the Hollywood Reporter_, _Tigers Are Not Afraid_

filmmaker Issa López has been tapped to write and direct the first episode of Season 4, dubbed _True Detective: Night Country_. While plot details haven’t been revealed, the fourth season

will reportedly take place in the Arctic, during a period when nighttime can last the entire day. No casting decisions have been made yet, but its expected the new season will feature two

female leads. TRENDING STORIES _True Detective: Night Country_ would be the first season of the anthology since 2019, and the first without the input of the show’s creator Nic Pizzolatto;

while Pizzolatto and HBO ended their partnership in 2020, HBO retained the rights to the anthology series, allowing them to revive the series with new showrunners; Jenkins — the _Moonlight_

and _The Underground Railroad_ filmmaker who signed an overall deal with HBO in 2021 — would serve as executive producer on the fourth season. Earlier this year, HBO programming chief Casey

Bloys revealed they were “developing various ideas” for a fourth season of _True Detective_, which premiered in 2014 with an Emmy-winning, instant classic first season starring Matthew

McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. A less acclaimed second season — starring Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell and Rachel McAdams — arrived in 2015. Following a four-year hiatus, _True Detective_

returned in 2019 with a decades-spanning mystery led by Mahershala Ali that “redeemed” the franchise.